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ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 8517 (Terracing: 6388, Seating: 1959, VIP seats: 170) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Doctor Mugg started the match with the kick off. Doctor Mugg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Liviu Aldulescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Radu Barbălată took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gigi Neacșu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 played minutes Alexandria Team08 got a freekick which was hit by Doctor Mugg. Radu Barbălată showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 8th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Cetatea Suceava's goalkeeper Liviu Aldulescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Doctor Mugg. Alexandria Team08's Radu Barbălată played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gigi Neacșu in the 17th minute of play. Cetatea Suceava's Liviu Aldulescu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Cetatea Suceava from getting a goal against them. Liviu Aldulescu made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Doctor Mugg sent off a good shot on target. Basarab Panciu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Liviu Aldulescu made a huge save. 28 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Vennerlund came free, but Radu Barbălată reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radu Barbălată made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 35th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Doctor Mugg got free with Liviu Aldulescu in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basarab Panciu in the 38th minute of play forced Cetatea Suceava's goalkeeper Liviu Aldulescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radu Barbălată showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Vennerlund in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Vennerlund in the 42nd minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Radu Barbălată to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonas Vennerlund in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radu Barbălată saved Alexandria Team08 from getting behind. A hard shot 44 in the game by Doctor Mugg from a close distance when the talented Liviu Aldulescu managed to make a qualified save. Cetatea Suceava's players were relieved. In the 47th minute, Alexandria Team08's Aras Görkem Korcan seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Aras Görkem Korcan the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Alexandria Team08 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Aras Görkem Korcan had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Alexandria Team08:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Cetatea Suceava:s goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gigi Neacșu was the one to do the kick off. Alexandria Team08's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Albano Sergi in the 54th minute. Albano Sergi made a great header on Alexandria Team08's corner, it was just that Cetatea Suceava's Liviu Aldulescu managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 56th match minute, Cetatea Suceava was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Vennerlund to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Cetatea Suceava getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Jonas Vennerlund hit a great ball. Liviu Aldulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basarab Panciu in the 60th minute of play. Cetatea Suceava's Liviu Aldulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Panciu in the 65th minute of play. Alexandria Team08 made a substitution. Zhou replaced Doctor Mugg. Tao Xiong Xuan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Radu Barbălată made a huge save. Radu Barbălată made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 81st minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Radu Barbălată to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radu Barbălată made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gigi Neacșu in the 83rd minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Péter Bánhegyi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Liviu Aldulescu. Cetatea Suceava's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Péter Bánhegyi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Liviu Aldulescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Péter Bánhegyi in the 87th minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.